The Twenty-Fourth Sunday After Trinity

by CCW | 10 November 2013 01:00

The collect for today, the Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Trinity, from The Book of Common Prayer[1] (Canadian, 1962):

O LORD, we beseech thee, absolve thy people from their offences; that through thy bountiful goodness we may all be delivered from the bands of those sins, which by our frailty we have committed. Grant this, O heavenly Father, for Jesus Christ’s sake, our blessed Lord and Saviour. Amen.

The Epistle: Colossians 1:3-12
The Gospel: St. Matthew 9:18-26[2]

Tissot, Woman with Issue of Blood[3]Artwork: James Tissot, The Woman with an Issue of Blood, 1886-96. Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper, Brooklyn Museum.

Endnotes:
  1. The Book of Common Prayer: http://prayerbook.ca/the-prayer-book-online/164--the-collects-epistles-and-gospels-page-94#trinity24
  2. St. Matthew 9:18-26: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matthew%209:18-26&version=ESVUK
  3. [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Tissot_WomanWithIssueOfBlood.jpg

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